Francesca Fremantle

The Buddha wisdom, which is beyond imagination, naturally appears in the mandala in the five different kinds of enlightenment, or five wisdoms. This is known as the five Buddha families. These five contain the possibility of both confusion and wisdom, samsara and enlightenment…

It is possible to do any kind of spiritual practice—not only Buddhist, but Christian or other kinds of practices—with a Tantric attitude, with the attitude of seeing the sacredness in life, of relating our ordinary everyday experiences to this kind of sacred experience…

Everything comes from our own hearts and minds, and even though we cannot experience them fully in the real Tantric sense, we can have a glimpse of them. Tantra is not something strange and different; like Buddhahood itself, it is inherent in our own nature…

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Teachings of a Buddhist Monk

Modern practical teachings from an American monk living within one of the oldest Buddhist traditions

DEALING WITH OBSTACLES

Dealing with obstacles, by Marcelle Hanselaar

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Don’t Take Your Life Personally

Ajahn Sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and suffering.

Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening

A Classic Zen text written in the 8th century by Hui Hai. He was a student of Ma-tsu and from the same line as Hui Neng, Huang Po and Rinzai (Lin-chi).

Perfect Wisdom: Prajnaparamita Texts

The Short Prajnaparamita Texts were composed in India between 100 BC and AD 600. They contain some of the most well known Buddhist texts such as The Perfection of Wisdom in 700 Lines, The Heart Sutra, and The Diamond Sutra.

Old Zen Master

Stories, parables, and examples pointing to the spiritual implications of practical events in daily life.